Monsoon 1% above average in the last one week

June 30, 2016 17:25

Monsoon rains were 1 per cent above average in the week ending June 29, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday. The June-September monsoon has remained 12 per cent lower than average so far, but rains have covered almost the entire country, and helped quicken the planting process of summer crops such as rice, soybeans, cotton and pulses.

The IMD has forecast a 106% rainfall for the country and has said that the chances of 2016 becoming another drought year were zero.

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